DOWD  (CONT)

In his new book, the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton scornfully accuses Colin Powell, and later Condi Rice, of appeasing Iran, including some carrots to get them to cease their nuclear plans.

A top Bush 41 national security official told me shortly after Bush 43 got under way that the younger Bush team's foreign policy was dangerous because it was so "black and white," so dependent on "bogymen."

President Bush has settled on his new bogyman, once more ignoring the obvious choice of Osama. Yesterday, he defended his plans to build a missile defense system in Europe by raising the specter of Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Hit with sticks, the bogyman responded with sticks. He said that Iran will not negotiate with anyone about its right to nuclear technology.

As Pat Buchanan noted on "Hardball," "Cheney and Bush are laying down markers for themselves which they're going to have to meet. I don't see how … Bush and Cheney can avoid attacking Iran and retaining their credibility going out of office."
In other words, once our cowboys have talked their crazy talk, they have to walk their crazy walk.

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